The $500 Check — page 182: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XX. BERT IS PLACED IN AN EMBARRASSING POSITION. ERT regarded his employer with surprise. ‘* Your wallet ?’’ he repeated. ‘** Yes,’’ answered Silas Wilson impatiently. **T had it in my pocket when I was at work here. I didn’t think about it till just now, after Mr. Dexter had left me. Then I found that my pocket was empty.”’ ‘‘T haven’t seen it, but you may have dropped it somewhere.’’ ‘‘Just help me look for it. Has anybody been here ?”’ ‘*No; at least not in the field. Percy Mar- lowe passed in his buggy, and——’”’ ‘‘ Never mind about that. Help me look for the wallet.’’ The rows of corn were of considerable length, and there were a good many of them. At least ten minutes elapsed before anything 165 GOmMmichoo Sjal(E(o)